5th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The 5th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union Army regiment which was active from 15 April 1861 to 1863 during the American Civil War. It was formed by Abram Duryee as a zouave regiment, and it consisted of New York City military enthusiasts. Its first action was the Battle of Big Bethel, and it later fought in the Peninsula Campaign, the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Chancellorsville, and then in the suppression of the 1863 New York draft riots, after which it was mustered out.